Bad cramps up higher in tummy- please help

[Arimeh]

I'd go get checked out - just in case.

[Pretty Butterfly]

Yep, get it checked it out babe... real contractions are usually lower, but every woman and birth is different babe..

It could also be a build up to harder, more progressing contractions too.....you could be in early labour sweets!

[first_time_mummy]

should i call first? or just go in and see them?

[first_time_mummy]

I tried the 'have sex thing' last night to try bring on labour, or to see if it was a myth, and now im thinking...could it have worked??

I feel slight movement from bub, would bub be moving if it was the begining of labour?

[Tanya]

Yes, babies can move throughout your entire labour
Is the pain coming and going? Is it getting stronger? Have a lay down on your left side for a while and see what happens.

xx

[first_time_mummy]

the pain comes on really strong, then stops completely, then comes again, then stops again.
It seems a little stronger. I was laying down in bed, and they seemed just as bad, so i decided to get up., Should they ease if i lay on my left side?

I just called midwife clinic, and they said it could be early stages of labour, but im to take panadol, rest up, have a bath, and see what happens.

Its just very high pain, seems more like its my stomach, than down lower in my abdomen?

[Tanya]

Laying down should ease pain that isn't contractions. A bath will also sort anything out that isn't labour. Different women experience different pain. You might just not be the text book labour-pain type of person.



Good luck

xx

[Alan]

It sounds like early labour to me. Put your hand on your tummy and if your tummy goes hard when the pain starts then it is a contraction. Most women feel contraction pains down low to start with however sometimes the pain can be first felt anywhere.

[~clover~]

Good luck hun

[first_time_mummy]

My tummy is very hard as it is, so its hard to tell if its tightening
The pains have eased, so im thinking it may have been a tummy bug.
Ill get to bed early tonight, and see how i feel in the morning. At the moment I got mild back ache...and feel very tight in the tummy